March 1992 Thai general election

March 1992 Thai general election
Thailand
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All 360 seats in the House of Representatives
181 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.24%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
New Aspiration Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 22.42 72 New
Justice Unity Narong Wongwan 19.27 79 New
Chart Thai Somboon Rahong 16.41 74 −13
Palang Dharma Chamlong Srimuang 11.47 41 +27
Democrat Chuan Leekpai 10.57 44 −4
Social Action Montri Pongpanich 8.06 31 −23
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 5.12 7 −24
Solidarity Boonchu Rojanastien 2.95 6 New
Mass Party Chalerm Yubamrung 1.00 1 −4
People Tianchai Sirisampan 0.85 4 −17
Thai People Phon Ruengprasertwit 0.36 1 −16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Anand Panyarachun
Independent
Suchinda Kraprayoon
Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 March 1992, the first after the National Peace Keeping Council overthrew the elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a coup on 23 February 1991. A total of 15 parties and 2,185 candidates contested the 360 seats. The Justice Unity Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with 79 seats despite receiving fewer votes than the New Aspiration Party. Voter turnout was 59%.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8